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Why hasn’t Congress acted on climate change? Because oil and gas companies are big contributors to their election campaigns. The biggest obstacle to climate action is political will, and one of the biggest influences on political will is money in politics. But a first-of-its-kind gathering in our nation’s capital is putting We the People back in charge of OUR (More...)

[Originally published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, February 25, 2016] Should ERS divest from fossil fuels? Yes, bubble will burst for carbon-coal stocks By Anthony Aalto and Michael Kramer February 25, 2016 Why is our state pension system betting against the people of Hawaii? Hawaii has pledged to be free of fossil fuels by 2045. It’s (More...)

California Attorney General Kamala Harris and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are investigating ExxonMobil for its decades of deliberate climate deception. We’re calling on Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the Department of Justice to follow suit. (More...)

Climate negotiators strike deal to slow global warming With the tap of a gavel and thunderous applause, 195 nations and the European Union adopted a new climate change plan, one with the ambitious goals of slowing global warming by reducing greenhouse gases and aiding poor countries adjusting to the negative impact. Janos Pasztor, the U.N. (More...)

Do you remember how President Obama and every other G20 leader pledged to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies? It was in 2009, right before the last major UN climate conference – the one in Copenhagen. That pledge was great, there was much rejoicing, but then do you remember the part where those fossil fuel subsidies actually (More...)

[Originally published in Ka Leo, July 21, 2015] by Leilei Joy Shih, Guest Writer PhD Candidate in Oceanography, Sierra Club Oʻahu, UH Graduate Student Organization On the morning of May 21, 2015, students, faculty and community members packed the hearing room in the IT building at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Although summer break had (More...)

UH, state leaders comment on UH divestment, 100% renewable energy mandate HONOLULU–University of Hawaii decision-makers joined state Rep. Chris Lee Friday at the state capitol to comment on two recent major achievements in clean energy: divestment by UH from all fossil fuels, and the passage of HB623, which mandates that 100 percent of Hawaii’s energy (More...)